|
|
|
05-01-2004, 09:15 PM
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
I did something really dumb today.
Well today I yanked the motor out of my donor vehicle. 454, says Hi PER Pass on the back of the block...cool.
Here's the dumb thing I did though. The donor vehicle has been sitting all winter, I turned it over a few times and let it run for a few minutes and all seemed good. Well today I had to move the vehicle to get it in position to rob the jewels. I only had it running for a few minutes but temp gauge went psycho high. Didn't think too much of it, until I bothered to think that there might not be fluid in the radiator...possible leak. Looking under the motor I seen one of my freeze plugs blew out over the winter.... We got the motor yanked, I drained the oil and didn't see any water or A.F. vehicle only ran for MAYBE 3-4 minutes...no more. I know, I know...only way to know for sure is to get it magnafuxed. But what are the real odds that I smoked something? 
|
|
05-01-2004, 09:20 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
The odds are that running it didn't hurt the motor ( unless you heard some bad noises before shuting it down) but, if it froze solid enough to push out a freeze plug over the winter, I would definately get the block and heads checked before starting a buildup!
|
|
05-01-2004, 09:24 PM
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
Yeah I'm thinking of running it as is for awhile. Get the rest of the rod put together. Then maybe worry about putting more money into upgrades.
|
|
05-01-2004, 09:46 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
You didn't do it any good but if it survived being frozen with out cracking anything it probably be ok.
|
|
05-01-2004, 10:11 PM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
I've run motors alot longer with little coolant or no coolant, I would'nt worry about it.
|
|
05-02-2004, 10:12 AM
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
Yikes, flashack!
I rebuilt a 351 M in a ford truck. Long story short, block froze, popped a plug. Thought I got away with it.. no such luck. It caused a hairline crack in one cylinder that would cause the cooling system to become pressurized.. really pressurized.(enough to spew a column of water about 8 ft. in a continuous stream when the rad cap was taken off) Make sure you have a machine shop check the cylinder bores before you invest a lot of money. It took a while to figure out that one as it seemed like a problem with a head or head gasket.
|
|
05-02-2004, 10:25 AM
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
Quote:
  
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
